Liberia’s VP raises alarm over election irregularities
Key contestant in the yet to be concluded Liberian presidential election, and the country’s vice president, Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called on the electoral authorities to guard against electoral irregularities.
The concern was coming as Liberia’s football legend, George Weah, appeared to be favoured to clinch the electoral runoff victory, following established lead in the earlier votes where he led the incumbent vice president with over 10 per cent votes in the 10th October presidential election.
The two top candidates, Weah and Boaka by now are putting finishing touches on their preparations for the rerun which the electoral body has fixed for 7th November 2017.
Boakai amplifying concerns over election irregularities, called on the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) to quickly clean up and re-publish the Final Voter Registration Roll
Liberia’s Daily Observer revealed in a report stated that, Boaka, the Unity Party leader Joseph called on the National Elections Commission (NEC) and other responsible stakeholders to expeditiously review concerns that are being raised by multiple parties and take the appropriate actions to protect the integrity and sanctity of the Liberian electoral system.
Boakai called on the NEC to immediately clean up and re-publish the Final Voter Registration Roll to enable voters to ascertain in advance the inclusion of their names on the roll and the specific precincts and polling centers where they should vote.
“We believe this will reduce the confusion and the long delay voters experienced,” he said.
“We too have been gathering reports from some of our field agents pointing to some anomalies and electoral management inefficiencies, which prevented some of our supporters and citizens from exercising their constitutional right to vote.”
He disclosed that the Unity Party has consulted its legal and technical experts, who have examined the veracity and magnitude of those reports in order to decide on the proper course of action consistent with the laws of Liberia.
The Vice President said he stands in full solidarity with all other political parties, including the Liberty Party (LP), the Alternative National Congress (ANC), the All Liberian Party (ALP) and other stakeholders who have raised concerns about acts of irregularities and fraud at some polling places.
Bonny Amadi with agency report
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